Markandeyapurana 59.12
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 59.12
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- Sanskrit
59.12
ketumālamato varṣaṃ nibodha mama paścimam /
viśālaḥ kambalaḥ kṛṣṇo jayanto hariparvataḥ //
Now hear from me about the continent Ketumāla which is on the west.
Viśāla, Kambala, Kṛṣṇa, Jayanta, Hariparvata, Viśoka, and Vardhamāna—these seven are the mountain ranges. There are other hills by thousands, among which a multitude of people dwell. Those people dwell there in hundreds, the Maulis[4] huge in stature, the Śākas, Potas and Karambhakas,[5] and those who are distinguished by their thumbs,[6] who drink of the great rivers, the Yaṅkṣu, the Śyāmā, the Svakambalā, the Amoghā, the Kāminī, the Śyāmā, and of others in thousands. And here life is equal to the above-mentioned lives in Ehadrāśva. And here the adorable Hari wears a boar’s shape and resembles a boar in feet, face, chest, back and flanks. And the lunar constellations are beautiful in that country which enjoys three constellations only. Such is this continent of Ketumāla, which I have described to thee, O best of munis.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation